Russell Hobbs 2 Slice Toaster, Cream, Stainless Steel Gloss Finish

I’ve been using the Russell Hobbs 2‑Slice Lift & Look toaster in cream and stainless steel for a few days now, and it’s been a solid performer. The extra‑long slots easily fit thick or artisan slices—no more half‑toasted bread peeking out the top. The six browning settings give precise control from lightly golden to deeply toasted. The Lift & Look feature is a standout: I can check the toast’s progress without cancelling it, which saves time and avoids over‑toasting. The defrost, reheat, and cancel functions all work as expected and are helpful when dealing with frozen or cooling toast. Cleanup is simple—the removable crumb tray keeps the toaster hygienic. On the downside, several users (and I’ve noticed too) reported the toaster’s sides get quite warm during use—touch with caution. A few online reviewers even mentioned uneven toasting across the slice. Overall, though, it’s a stylish, reliable budget pick under £35, offering more finesse than basic models with useful features you’ll actually use. Given its price point and performance, I’d highly recommend it for daily kitchen use.

The best bit about this toaster is the long toasting slots. Too many toasters are not fit for UK style bread (proper bread) or long bloomer loaf slices. This one takes them all. The long slots allow the UK bread slices to be turned on their side so they are toasted properly. It doesn't really toast evenly, I find myself turning the bread around (top to bottom) towards the end of the burn time so it evens out. It's not too bad though. Also to start toasting we have to really push down the lever to latch it. Otherwise a perfectly good toaster which will actually accept UK/bloomer bread. Had it two years now and no issues. The check toast function is nice, you lift the lever to pull the toast up and you can check it without stopping the timer. Was also really good value compared to other toasters which can't do proper bread slices.

Love my toaster. Very stylish Russell Hobbs item.

What a shame, after extensive research to find a toaster that will comfortably fit Bread from the bakery, this model will accept 13 x17 cm slices (landscape), unfortunately it doesn't toast evenly at all. The bread needs to go in Landscape, but as you can see it burns the toast at the bottom, whilst barely toasting it at the top. The first one was uneven (See toast not on the toaster), so I thought I might have been unlucky, I mean how hard can it be after all of these years to get a toaster to toast evenly, so I sent it back to get a second. Well the replacement is far worse! 2nd Toaster set to 4. The very first slice was set on fire in a very specific place - an actual flame - I was too busy putting it out, to think of taking a picture - the rest of the slice was untoasted, but I've never before seen a slice of bread actually aflame in a toaster.. I later tried it again on a lower setting, but again in the other photo (on the toaster) you can see it toasting very unevenly. I ignore the little slice as it is an uneven "end piece", so not really a fair test. Needless to say this is going back as well for a refund, as clearly this model can't be trusted or recommended. The Search resumes.....

I've only just received this toaster and used it for the first time, but I absolutely love it. It seems very big to me as my last toaster was nowhere near this size, but it still looks very nice on my worktop. The slots look huge, both in length and width, and I can't imagine anything that wouldn't fit. To test it I toasted a couple of burger buns, set on 2. They popped up so fast I thought I obviously had it set too low, but they were toasted evenly a lovely golden brown and exactly how I like toast to be. A second set of buns had an identical result. I am so happy! Obviously it's early days (extremely), but there is nothing about the toaster that suggests to me it's not good quality, and with a 3 year guarantee there is no reason not to love it. One thing I would point out is the fact that it needs to be run at high setting while empty before the first use. They warn there may be some smell, which is normal. Thankfully I have an electric socket next to my back door and so I decided to stand the toaster outside the door while doing this. Being outside I don't know about a smell, but it smoked like crazy for a short while and had it not been outside, my smoke alarms would have been going insane! After that initial run I toasted the buns as normal and there was neither smoke nor smell. Absolutely recommend this toaster.

nice little toaster, compact and has the basic functionality that includes reheat and defrost. three stars as it was not durable, after 6 months the lever does not stay depressed in order for the toater to work. dissapointing.

Lovely toaster just does what it says and easy to use good value for money i would recommend it.

We did not have much choice in buying this toaster because it was the only one we could find that fulfilled our needs. As we bake our own bread we need a toaster with extra long slots which this one has. Most toasters seem to be produced for the standard Mother's Pride type bread size, our bread comes somewhat larger and we don't want to cut the top off! This product however does leave a lot to be desired, the toasting is not even, resulting in one edge being burnt and the reverse edge hardly brown. To get the slice down is not easy either and one has to really thump down the lever otherwise it will not engage. We feel that with a little more attention to detail and a price rise would make this toaster fit for purpose, to sum up, rather disappointing when it could be great.

I bought this toaster because of its long slots and that is the only positive thing I can say about it. Worst toaster I ever got by far. Impossible to get the toast done properly, either doesn't toast the bread or it burns the edges. Flimsy mechanism for lowering the slices. Toaster has stopped working after just 7 months and I am delighted to see the back of it. Now I am looking for a new one but I won't be buying a Russell Hobbs one, or anything from that manufacturer again. I don’t normally give negative reviews but in this instance it is well warranted.